Re: No weight loss for five months

[Guest guest]

Same story here. I was able to restart it with the help of advice. I

changed my protein, upped it. And exercise ALOT more. It moves after

6 or 7 months but sometimes slower. Keep up the good work

> I stopped loosing weight at 7 months out, and have not lost any

> additional weight the past 4 months. When I was sick with pneumonia

> at the 7th month, I had lost a little over 100 pounds, then when I

> got well a month later I gained about 5 pounds back, and have not

> changed weight since then.

>

> I thought the weight was supposed to continue to be lost for about

> 18 months; did anyone else stop loosing at 7 months? Has anyone's

> plateau lasted 4 months? I had my first plateau at 6 weeks out and

> this lasted until week 12...after this I had more plateaus, but none

> lasted over 6 weeks like the first had...until this 4 month Plateau

> started...what's up with this? Anyone have any insight into why I am

> experienceing these so often?

>

> Any suggestions for jump-starting the process towards loosing weight

> again?

>

> Guess I should give a time-line...Surgery 4/28/03 with gastrectomy +

> Open Roux-en-Y...no weight loss since November 2003. Lynda Nurenberg

[Guest guest]

Same story here. I was able to restart it with the help of advice. I

changed my protein, upped it. And exercise ALOT more. It moves after

6 or 7 months but sometimes slower. Keep up the good work

> I stopped loosing weight at 7 months out, and have not lost any

> additional weight the past 4 months. When I was sick with pneumonia

> at the 7th month, I had lost a little over 100 pounds, then when I

> got well a month later I gained about 5 pounds back, and have not

> changed weight since then.

>

> I thought the weight was supposed to continue to be lost for about

> 18 months; did anyone else stop loosing at 7 months? Has anyone's

> plateau lasted 4 months? I had my first plateau at 6 weeks out and

> this lasted until week 12...after this I had more plateaus, but none

> lasted over 6 weeks like the first had...until this 4 month Plateau

> started...what's up with this? Anyone have any insight into why I am

> experienceing these so often?

>

> Any suggestions for jump-starting the process towards loosing weight

> again?

>

> Guess I should give a time-line...Surgery 4/28/03 with gastrectomy +

> Open Roux-en-Y...no weight loss since November 2003. Lynda Nurenberg